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Amount v/s number
Amount how much – uncountable
I’ve reduced the amount of tea I drink.
Number – countable
The number of participants is high.
Among – more than two
We divided the money among ourselves
Between – 2 or 2 groups
Tom was sitting between John and Maria.
Bring – to the speaker
Please bring the documents here.
Take –away from the speaker
Please take the files away from my desk
Further –more or longer time for example
Do you have any further questions?
Farther – far away
The shopping complex is farther away from here
Fewer- countable
I have fewer projects than her
Less – uncountable
The memory on the smartphone is quite less.

TRANSCRIPT
Hello I'm Mariam. Today I'm going to tell you about Orpheus and Eurydice, Greek lovers who were tragically lost to each other because of a terrible mistake.

Orpheus was the son of Apollo, Greek god of the Sun. Orpheus had a wonderful gift. When he played his lyre, any animal or bird nearby would stop to listen, spellbound. All day long Orpheus would play, enchanting every creature who heard him, including the woodland nymphs who gathered in the trees.

One day Orpheus was playing when he glanced upwards. There in the branches was a beautiful wood nymph with dazzling long hair, looking down at him with dark dreamy eyes. Orpheus was in love. Before long Eurydice, the nymph, was in love, too. The pair became inseparable and soon they were married.

They were blissfully happy, but their happiness didn’t last long. It came to an abrupt and cruel end one summer’s day…

It was unbearably hot so Eurydice went to the river to cool down. Suddenly …out of nowhere… a swarm of bees came and attacked her. She clambered out of the water to escape but the bees followed. 'Orpheus, help!' she screamed but Orpheus was a long way off playing his lyre.

Eurydice ran quickly. Suddenly a sharp pain pierced her foot and she fell. A deadly snake had bitten her. It didn’t take long for the poison to take its fatal effect. When Orpheus finally arrived, the snake had long gone and Eurydice was lifeless. Orpheus was heartbroken! ‘As long as I live,’ he swore. ‘I’ll never play music again…' But he was wrong.

source: Learn English Lab 2017年6月18日Learn the TOP 50 MISPRONOUNCED English words. These words are common mistakes made by many English learners. I will show you how to avoid these incorrect pronunciations and say all of these words correctly in this pronunciation lesson.

source: Maple Leaf ESL 2016年1月27日In this lesson, we look at how to use the common and casual phrasal verb, 'slack off', as in the sentence 'the boy's grades are getting lower because he slacks off too much.'Visit www.mapleleafesl.com for more free English lessons, and be sure to go like the Maple Leaf ESL page on Facebook.

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